Places like St Richards can always use more volunteers so if you have a bit of spare time why not give it a go?

Places like St Richards can always use more volunteers so if you have a bit of spare time why not give it a go?New Kid on the Block

Places like St Richards can always use more volunteers so if you have a bit of spare time why not give it a go?

Score: 3

BC10ax
5:52pm Mon 9 Jun 14

It's great that people are doing this, but I hope the volunteers and properly trained and supervised.

And I'm slightly uncomfortable with the idea that our taxes are being used to pay the very high perks and salaries of those at the top of local government, while services are provided cost-free by generous volunteers.

It's great that people are doing this, but I hope the volunteers and properly trained and supervised.
And I'm slightly uncomfortable with the idea that our taxes are being used to pay the very high perks and salaries of those at the top of local government, while services are provided cost-free by generous volunteers.BC10ax

It's great that people are doing this, but I hope the volunteers and properly trained and supervised.

And I'm slightly uncomfortable with the idea that our taxes are being used to pay the very high perks and salaries of those at the top of local government, while services are provided cost-free by generous volunteers.

Score: 8

js
10:09am Tue 10 Jun 14

Upton in Bloom volunteers applied (starting early last week) to close off some parking spaces for a few hours in Lower High Street, Upton upon Severn to facilitate parking for judges and stall holders vehicles & a traction engine. The application went to various offices at MHDC & WCC. Finally received a reply from WCC: "If we agreed to the request there is insufficient time for the Order to be made for 10th July. There would also be a charge of £1325 and you would have to arrange for the signing and barriering off of the parking spaces."

Cheaper to pay parking fines!

Upton in Bloom volunteers applied (starting early last week) to close off some parking spaces for a few hours in Lower High Street, Upton upon Severn to facilitate parking for judges and stall holders vehicles & a traction engine. The application went to various offices at MHDC & WCC. Finally received a reply from WCC: "If we agreed to the request there is insufficient time for the Order to be made for 10th July. There would also be a charge of £1325 and you would have to arrange for the signing and barriering off of the parking spaces."
Cheaper to pay parking fines!js

Upton in Bloom volunteers applied (starting early last week) to close off some parking spaces for a few hours in Lower High Street, Upton upon Severn to facilitate parking for judges and stall holders vehicles & a traction engine. The application went to various offices at MHDC & WCC. Finally received a reply from WCC: "If we agreed to the request there is insufficient time for the Order to be made for 10th July. There would also be a charge of £1325 and you would have to arrange for the signing and barriering off of the parking spaces."

Cheaper to pay parking fines!

Score: 1

js
10:15am Tue 10 Jun 14

And we volunteered to help with the flower beds outside the Library!

And we volunteered to help with the flower beds outside the Library!js

And we volunteered to help with the flower beds outside the Library!

Score: 0

Anthony Green
1:04pm Tue 10 Jun 14

We pay taxes to provide services.
Now the Council sack workers and engage "volunteers", working for no reward.
This is not progress or organisation.
We need to pay workers to earn a living and then pay taxes, generating success.

Perhaps we shoudl sack some of the bosses and replace them with "volunteers"

We pay taxes to provide services.
Now the Council sack workers and engage "volunteers", working for no reward.
This is not progress or organisation.
We need to pay workers to earn a living and then pay taxes, generating success.
Perhaps we shoudl sack some of the bosses and replace them with "volunteers"Anthony Green

We pay taxes to provide services.
Now the Council sack workers and engage "volunteers", working for no reward.
This is not progress or organisation.
We need to pay workers to earn a living and then pay taxes, generating success.

Perhaps we shoudl sack some of the bosses and replace them with "volunteers"

Score: 1

Jabbadad
10:45pm Tue 10 Jun 14

And with the County Council greeting volunteers with open arms they have also been cutting by as much as 85% the small ammounts of genuine expeneses for helping these volunteers to operate.
It is nationally recognised that for every £10 invested in voluntary work you reap £100 worth of input back.
And soon there will be a further 1,500 potential free volunteers from those that this CONservative County Council is throwing out of a job in it's slash & burn policies.or TORY PRIVATISATION.

And with the County Council greeting volunteers with open arms they have also been cutting by as much as 85% the small ammounts of genuine expeneses for helping these volunteers to operate.
It is nationally recognised that for every £10 invested in voluntary work you reap £100 worth of input back.
And soon there will be a further 1,500 potential free volunteers from those that this CONservative County Council is throwing out of a job in it's slash & burn policies.or TORY PRIVATISATION.Jabbadad

And with the County Council greeting volunteers with open arms they have also been cutting by as much as 85% the small ammounts of genuine expeneses for helping these volunteers to operate.
It is nationally recognised that for every £10 invested in voluntary work you reap £100 worth of input back.
And soon there will be a further 1,500 potential free volunteers from those that this CONservative County Council is throwing out of a job in it's slash & burn policies.or TORY PRIVATISATION.

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